Garden of Eden-Week 14

Just wanted to show everyone what a little work, a little water, and a little love will get you.

We have been able to produce enough vegetables from the garden that we are eating fresh vegetables just about every day either with meals or snacks and have plenty left over to give to our friends and family.

We were able to get a few peaches before the birds got to them first, but now I am fighting "peach tree borers" in hopes that they don't kill my peach trees. The pear trees had a few pears, but it does not look like we are going to get any before mature.

Our crops of okra and eggplant seem to be doing quite well since the weather has heated up. We have had many days which have already topped 100 degrees which is early for this time of year in this neck of the woods.

Once Tara comes home we are going to plant another crop of squash and sweet peas since the growing season is so long here. The first group of squash was uprooted due to have winds which lifted the plants up out of the ground and the the sweet peas we had planted previously were in an area of the yard which received too much water.

Can't wait until I can figure out a way to add a few animals to our Garden of Eden. We heard through the grapevine that some people who live up the street have chickens. I've always wanted a few goats, but now sure how I can work around the covenants of the home owners association.

Living to learn, and learning to live,

Byron Lynn